I met Mos Def around that time but I didn't hook up with him until I was about 17 or 18.

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Y'all niggas can't hang like a loose noose.

Y'all niggas can't hang like a loose noose.

Stop acting like a b*tch already, be a visionary.

Stop acting like a b*tch already, be a visionary.

Woman are complex creatures.

Woman are complex creatures.

I'm not looking to set a standard... but, I believe I have offered a challenge...

I'm not looking to set a standard... but, I believe I have offered a challenge...

Even an independent label is looking for a hit, they're not looking for a record...

Even an independent label is looking for a hit, they're not looking for a record...

Consider me the entity within the industry without a history of spittin the epitome of...

Consider me the entity within the industry without a history of spittin the epitome of...

I'm down with the crew like Mussolini in Italy. I rock with The Roots like...

I'm down with the crew like Mussolini in Italy. I rock with The Roots like...

Those who trade in their freedom for their protection deserve neither.

Those who trade in their freedom for their protection deserve neither.

I don't feel comfortable making empty music.

I don't feel comfortable making empty music.

Terrorists with etiquette who vote and kill their president. Their capacity for evil so evident...

Terrorists with etiquette who vote and kill their president. Their capacity for evil so evident...

Yo, I speak at schools a lot cause they say I'm intelligent. No, it's cause...

Yo, I speak at schools a lot cause they say I'm intelligent. No, it's cause...

You have to know when to be arrogant. You have to when to be humble....

You have to know when to be arrogant. You have to when to be humble....

Once you get past appearances, you can tell whose shit is fake and whose shit...

Once you get past appearances, you can tell whose shit is fake and whose shit...

Hi-Tek is on three or four songs on the new record.

Hi-Tek is on three or four songs on the new record.

We have pathological romances with technological advances, infatuated with infatuation and intellectual masturbation.

We have pathological romances with technological advances, infatuated with infatuation and intellectual masturbation.

As far as being on a major label, some labels get it and get what...

As far as being on a major label, some labels get it and get what...

Saying nigga just to keep our teeth white, like Paul Mooney. Fighting spiritual wars, like...

Saying nigga just to keep our teeth white, like Paul Mooney. Fighting spiritual wars, like...

You gotta fast forward just to catch what i said. I say some shit like...

You gotta fast forward just to catch what i said. I say some shit like...

Hip-hop isn't as complex as a woman is.

Hip-hop isn't as complex as a woman is.

I will never do a record without some sense of responsibility.

I will never do a record without some sense of responsibility.